
Nature, Social Relations and Human Needs
Essays in Honour of Ted Benton
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 12. November 2008
Book
Hardback
XIV, 278 pages
978-0-230-20115-6 (ISBN)
Description
Bringing together some of the most eminent thinkers in the field, this book celebrates the seminal contribution of Ted Benton to such pressing themes as: realism, naturalism and the philosophy of the social sciences; the continuing relevance of Marxism; philosophical anthropology and human needs; and ecology, society and natural limits.
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Edition
2008 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paper over boards
Illustrations
XIV, 278 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
476 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-20115-6 (9780230201156)
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Persons
TED BENTON is Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex, UK. Amongst his current interests are environmental issues and modern social theory, especially the links between socialist and 'green' perspectives
PAT DEVINE is Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Manchester, UK having retired from the University's Economics Department in 2004
PETER DICKEN is Visiting Professor in Sociology at the Universities of Brighton and Essex, UK. He is also Associate Lecturer in Sociology in the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK.
JOHN LAW is Professor in Sociology at the Centre for Science Studies at Lancaster University, UK
GREGOR MCLENNAN is Professor of Sociology at the University of Bristol, UK
SANDRA MOOG is currently finishing her PhD in the Sociology Department at the University of California at Berkeley, USA and she also teaches in the Sociology Department and in the Centre for Environment and Society at the University of Essex, UK
EWA MORAWSKA is Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex, UK
JOHN O'NEILL is Hallsworth Professor of Political Economy at Manchester University, UK
ANDREW SAYER is Professor of Social Theory and Political Economy in the Department of Sociology, Lancaster University, UK
KATE SOPER is Professor of Philosophy at the Institute for the Study of European Transformations at London Metropolitan University, UK
ROB STONES is Professor in Sociology at the University ofEssex, UK where he was Head of Department from 2004 to 2007
Content
Introduction: Intricate Webs: Nature, Social Relations and Human Needs in the Writings of Ted Benton; R. Stones and S. Moog PART I: REALISM, NATURALISM AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES "FOR Science in the Social Sciences": The End of the Road for Critical Realism?; G. McLennan Practising Nature and Culture: An Essay for Ted Benton; J. Law PART II: THE CONTINUING RELEVANCE OF MARXISM The Continuing Relevance of Marxism; P. Devine Four Pillars of a Revisionist Marxism; E. Morawska PART III: PHILOSOPHICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND HUMAN NEEDS Cognitive Capitalism and Species-Being; P. Dickens Understanding Lay Normativity; A. Sayer PART IV: ECOLOGY, SOCIETY AND NATURAL LIMITS Ecological Politics for the Twenty-First Century: Where Does Nature Fit in?; S. Moog Realism, Naturalism and the Red-Green Nexus: Benton's Contribution to Ecological Theory; K. Soper Labour, Nature and Dependence; J. O'Neill Conclusion: Philosophy, Materialism and Nature: Comments and Reflections; T. Benton